My son has had the skin prick test and blood draw (3 years ago) to test for allergies. We know he is allergic to tree nuts and peanuts. Tree nuts, more so than the peanuts. He was prescribed an epi-pen due to these allergies.
Ok! so we have been getting along nicely with no problems. He has never needed the epi-pen (knock wood). He has been exposed to tree nuts and peanuts when other people have eaten them around him and no problems or via accidental cross-contamination.
So...we think that that is now a problem. Over the weekend, unbeknownst to me, he was given 2 M & M's, 2 seperate times. Saturday night, M&M's. Sunday woke up with a rash, treated with benadryl because of the itchiness. Sunday night, 2 M&M's. Monday woke up with a rash, did not give Benadryl but went to the doctor's office for her to have a look. She thought viral but as it spread while in the office, not so sure. Keep an eye on it and give benadryl.
At home, i quiz my son and he says he has had some M&M's twice, nothing else nutty or in contact with nuts. He is sure and can name off everything he has eaten. Ok. Could be the M&M's though he had those very rarely before we knew about his allergies without a problem.
Now, to last night. He had a snack of dill pickles with ranch dressing. We have used this snack pack before with no problem, checked i carefully, etc. But he still wakes up screaming, crying, itching and hysterical. Give benadryl, get him back to sleep and watch over him the rest of the night. Then recheck every single thing in the house and the snack pack of pickels and ranch is NOW labeled as processed in a facility that processes peanuts.
If you have made it this far, THANK YOU. Is it possible his alleriges have worsened, that he is more sensitive and is going to react to more minute amounts? I don't know what to think. We have been referred to an allergist ASAP and will take the first appointment we can get.
In the meantime, peanut butter sandwhiches are served DAILY in his school cafeteria as an alternate lunch. Up to this point, he has eaten out of the cafeteria with a lunch buddy (whoever has a nut free lunch). His classmates then wash their hands before returning to the classroom. I am now afraid this is no longer going to work for him because of what we have seen over the weekend.
Help!
Ok! so we have been getting along nicely with no problems. He has never needed the epi-pen (knock wood). He has been exposed to tree nuts and peanuts when other people have eaten them around him and no problems or via accidental cross-contamination.
So...we think that that is now a problem. Over the weekend, unbeknownst to me, he was given 2 M & M's, 2 seperate times. Saturday night, M&M's. Sunday woke up with a rash, treated with benadryl because of the itchiness. Sunday night, 2 M&M's. Monday woke up with a rash, did not give Benadryl but went to the doctor's office for her to have a look. She thought viral but as it spread while in the office, not so sure. Keep an eye on it and give benadryl.
At home, i quiz my son and he says he has had some M&M's twice, nothing else nutty or in contact with nuts. He is sure and can name off everything he has eaten. Ok. Could be the M&M's though he had those very rarely before we knew about his allergies without a problem.
Now, to last night. He had a snack of dill pickles with ranch dressing. We have used this snack pack before with no problem, checked i carefully, etc. But he still wakes up screaming, crying, itching and hysterical. Give benadryl, get him back to sleep and watch over him the rest of the night. Then recheck every single thing in the house and the snack pack of pickels and ranch is NOW labeled as processed in a facility that processes peanuts.
If you have made it this far, THANK YOU. Is it possible his alleriges have worsened, that he is more sensitive and is going to react to more minute amounts? I don't know what to think. We have been referred to an allergist ASAP and will take the first appointment we can get.
In the meantime, peanut butter sandwhiches are served DAILY in his school cafeteria as an alternate lunch. Up to this point, he has eaten out of the cafeteria with a lunch buddy (whoever has a nut free lunch). His classmates then wash their hands before returning to the classroom. I am now afraid this is no longer going to work for him because of what we have seen over the weekend.
Help!
